Today’s security landscape reflects threat convergence — a reality where no catastrophe remains localized and the lines between physical and cyber threats and war and peace blur. The result is a ...

The world now awaits the iconic puff of white smoke indicating the election of an individual who may be regarded as holding the unique remaining position of power with a claim to exercising a form of ...

“Harvard is a threat to democracy,” declared US President Donald Trump in a Truth Social post. He accused the university of being an “Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution” and a breeding ground for ...

Since returning to office in January 2025, US President Donald Trump has aggressively pursued a radical reshaping of US foreign policy. In early March, the State Department terminated foreign ...

They have little hope, plenty of hate and scant traces of what most would consider humanness. Something appears to have infiltrated the minds of young men, reminding them that they should think and ...

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Since the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the early part of the 20th century, the Middle East has been marked by conflict, violence, political instability, foreign interference, the rise and consequent ...

In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT to better understand how AI “reasons.” It’s like a conversation with an intelligent friend, sharing ideas and challenging some of the explanations. I’ve ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio — Pope Francis — went home to face his Lord on the morning of Easter Monday, after 12 years on St. Peter’s throne, at the age of 88. From the start of his pontificate, Francis ...

In 1788, a year before the United States Constitution became the law of the land, James Madison wrote in the Federalist Papers that the powers delegated to the federal government by the proposed ...

In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT to better understand how AI “reasons” and produces discourse that not only appears to be what a human could produce but coherently aligns facts, logic and ...

As the world awaits the singularity — the moment when AI invites humans to retire from all productive activity other than promoting AI itself — an ex-CEO of the monopoly known as Google informs us ...